of the city became Sunchon, due to a renaming rule in the early Joseon, where 'ju (州)' were changed to 'chon (川)' and became Sunchon-gun. The original...
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Sunchon National University (Acronym: SCNU; Korean, 국립순천대학교, Gungnip Suncheon Daehakgyo, colloquially Suncheondae) is a national research university founded...
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Wonsan Sunchon On the night of January 29, 1952, amid the Korean War, four American military personnel aboard two different B-29 bombers reported seeing...
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Sunchon Airport (순천비행장) is an airport in Pyongan-namdo, North Korea. It is 28mi or 45km northwest of Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. The airfield...
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The Sunchon tunnel massacre was a death march followed by a massacre of American POWs during the UN offensive into North Korea. The death march began...
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Sunchon station is a railway station in Sunch'ŏn municipal city, South P'yŏngan province, North Korea on the P'yŏngra Line of the Korean State Railway;...
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Australia in the Korean War (section Battle of Sunchon)
to Australia in November 1954. The Battle of Sunchon was an air battle fought near the city of Sunchon on 1 December 1951, 12 Gloster Meteor jets of...
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Regiment made their first of their two combat jumps during the war at Sunchon and Sukchon. The mission was to cut the road north going to China, preventing...
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airborne troops at Sunchon. Lieutenant Colonel William M. Rodgers of the tank battalion commanded the task force. It arrived at Sunchon at 09:00 on 21 October...
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The Battle of Sunchon was an air battle fought near the city of Sunchon, North Korea on 1 December 1951, during the Korean War. Up to 14 Gloster Meteor...
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(안주시/安州市; established August 1987) Kaechon (개천시/价川市; established August 1990) Sunchon-si (순천시/順川市; established October 1983) Tokchon (덕천시/德川市; established June...
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Pop. Pyongyang Hamhung 1 Pyongyang Pyongyang Capital City 3,255,288 11 Sunchon South Pyongan 297,317 Chongjin Nampo 2 Hamhung South Hamgyong 768,551 12...
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Sinanju, Anju, Kunu-ri and Pukchang-ni. A road runs south from Kunu-ri into Sunchon and eventually into Pyongyang, and it would later become the main retreat...
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North Korea. Pyongyang is approximately 110 km upstream from the mouth, Sunchon 192 km upstream, and Taehŭng 414 km upstream.[citation needed] Because...
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The Diplomat. "Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un Cuts Tape for Completion of Sunchon Phosphatic Fertilizer Factory". Kim Il Sung University. Korean Central...
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victory Battle of Chuam-ni 14–17 November UN victory over China Battle of Sunchon 1 December Soviet Air Force defeats Australian Air Force 1952 Decolonisation...
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{Fighter} (J-6/MiG-19) Onchon - 36th Air Regiment {Fighter} (J-6/MiG-19) Sunchon - 55th Air Regiment {Attack} (Su-25K), 57th Air Regiment {Fighter} (MiG-29/UB)...
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USS Speed (redirect from ROKS Sunchon)
transferred to the Republic of Korea, and she served the South Korean Navy as Sunchon (PCE-1002). Speed received seven battle stars for World War II service...
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University – Mokpo Mokpo National University - Mokpo/Muan County/Yeongam County Sunchon National University – Suncheon Dongshin University – Naju Gwangju Catholic...
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North Korea. It serves as the military airfield for the nearby city of Sunchon. The airfield has a single concrete runway 14/32 measuring 8150 x 164 feet...
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May, they flew against the railroad bridges connecting Pyongyang with Sunchon, Sinanju, Kachon, and the trans-peninsula line. Next, they combined close...
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program at the Seoul Arts Center, he began studying under Sook-Ryeon Park at Sunchon National University and Soo-Jung Shin at Seoul National University.[citation...
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Hamgyong 152,800 Sinuiju North Pyongan 359,300 Songrim North Hwanghae 128,800 Sunchon South Pyongan 297,300 Tokchon South Pyongan 237,100 Tanchon South Hamgyong...
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Hart Jr. photographed the lights 1952-01-29 Wonsan-Sunchon UFO incident •ASAS, Korea; Wonsan and Sunchon Four American military personnel aboard two different...
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(Army) for a parachute assault north of Pyongyang, North Korea at Sukchon-Sunchon in October 1950. At Sukchon, Private First Class Richard G. Wilson, a medic...
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Korea. The mine is located in South Pyongan Province. It is part of the Sunchon Area Youth Coal-mining Complex. The mine has coal reserves amounting to...
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UN May–June 1951 counteroffensive Air operations (1950–1953) MiG Alley Sunchon Strangle Sui-ho Dam Bombing of North Korea 1950–1953 Naval operations (1950–1953)...
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UN May–June 1951 counteroffensive Air operations (1950–1953) MiG Alley Sunchon Strangle Sui-ho Dam Bombing of North Korea 1950–1953 Naval operations (1950–1953)...
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282 UN offensive into North Korea Sariwon Pyongyang Yongyu Kujin Chongju Sunchon tunnel Chinese Intervention (25 October 1950 – January 1951) Onjong Unsan...
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followed by two probables six days later. On 1 December the Battle of Sunchon took place between 14 Meteors and at least 20 MiG-15s – in North Korean...
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